Person    | Male  Born 1792  Died 23/9/1817

Thomas Wyon

Categories: Sculpture

Thomas Wyon

Engraver and medallist. Born Birmingham, his father Thomas also being an engraver as were a number of other (male, obviously) members of his family such as Edward Wyon, his brother. Chief engraver at the Royal Mint. Died near Hastings.

World of Coins reprints an article on the Wyon dynasty.

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Thomas Wyon

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Battle of Waterloo

The Fitzwilliam Museum has a page showing an original medal and: "The victory...

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Diane Gorvin

Diane Gorvin

Sculptor. Trained at the Bournemouth and Poole College of Art. Married to Philip Bews also a sculptor - a comprehensive list of their works and CVs can be found on their website.

Person, Sculpture

4 memorials
Barbara Hepworth

Barbara Hepworth

Born in Wakefield as Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth. At art school met and became a friendly rival of Henry Moore, though it was she who first 'pierced' her sculptures. With her first husband had a son w...

Person, Sculpture, Seriously Famous

1 memorial
Glynn Williams

Glynn Williams

Sculptor. Born in Shrewsbury. On graduating from the Wolverhampton College of Art, he won a Rome scholarship for sculpture and lived and worked at the British School in Rome for a number of years. ...

Person, Sculpture, Italy

2 memorials
John Bumpstead

John Bumpstead

City mason active post Great Fire of 1666.

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Gillian Wearing

Gillian Wearing

Artist. Gillian C. Wearing, CBE, RA, was born on 6 December 1963 in  Birmingham, Warwickshire, (now Birmingham, West Midlands), a daughter of Bryan J. Wearing and Jean R. Wearing née Gregory. She c...

Person, Art, Sculpture

1 memorial